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Test 14 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

A false rumour about Lily spread round the class. What is a likely result?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: false rumour · What happens: spread, be · To what, where: class, likely result

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: A false rumour about Lily spread round the class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rumour	det
2	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rumour	amod
3	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 Lily	case
5	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rumour	nmod
6	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	a false rumour about Lily			the class			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round class=Destination

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What is a likely result?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 result	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 result	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 result	det
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 result	amod
5	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 result	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a likely result					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody really believes rumours, so nothing happens to her at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 believes	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 believes	advmod
3	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 believes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 happens	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 happens	advmod
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 happens	nsubj
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 believes	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happens	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	Nobody	rumours					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
2	happen	present	nothing		her = she	all			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Others avoid her and she feels lonely and scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoid	nsubj
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 avoid	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 feels	cc
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feels	nsubj
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 avoid	conj
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feels	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 scared	cc
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lonely	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	present	Others	her = she					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent she=Location
2	feel	present	she					lonely property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

It is forgotten by lunch time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgotten	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux:pass
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	compound
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · passive		It			time		tree rules

Option 4

She becomes more popular

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 popular	advmod
4	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	She					popular property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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